A 215 Kg Lightly Damped Harmonic Oscillator Has an Angular Oscillation

question 25

Multiple Choice

A 2.15 kg lightly damped harmonic oscillator has an angular oscillation frequency of 0.261 rad/s. If the maximum displacement of occurs when t = 0.00 s, and the damping constant b is 0.74 kg/s what is the object's displacement when t = 4.01 s?

• A) 0.50 m
• B) 0.43 m
• C) 0.58 m
• D) 0.65 m

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